News | 01/07/2019
...ure," summarizes the researcher.
Soil quality and ecosystem services for the first time embedded in life cycle analysis
For the determination of the 'impact on soil quality', Boone points to soil o...
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...zards involved?What is the total environmental impact of proteins, from cultivation to end product (life cycle analysis or LCA)?
Which plants (species) qualify as protein suppliers?
Useful proteins...
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Life cycle analysis
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...at reveals where the climate impacts are. The scan method is developed per sector on the basis of a life cycle analysis (LCA). In a second visit, the consultant presents calculated scenarios along ...
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We wish to gain insight in the strength and weakness of the life cycle analysis (LCA) methodology to assess the environmental sustainability of food products.
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...stainability of the newly developed plant protection method (product and application) by applying a Life Cycle Analysis in comparison with the current standard method. Relevance/ValorizationFarmers...
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...ontrol and a commercial inoculant on 50 farms across Belgium. Local soybean adaption models and life cycle analysis are performed.Relevance/ValorizationValidation of our rhizobial strains in divers...
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... scaling up scenarios and evaluate them against an integrated sustainability methodology, including life cycle analysis, biodiversity impact and market analysis.Relevance/ValorizationBy valorizing ...
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...oward implementing climate-smart measures on the farm. A climate scan starts from a comprehensive life cycle analysis (LCA) of a number of representative farms and is reduced to a workable instrume...
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...process (grazing versus silage? the different grazing systems?) on the total methane emission using life cycle analysis throughout the entire production chain up to the farm gate. Relevance/Valoriz...
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...ate. To this end, we use our multidisciplinary knowledge and our expertise in systems thinking. Via life cycle analysis (LCA), we also calculate the total environmental impact of an agricultural pr...
Events
...ironmental Footprint - for calculating the environmental footprint of food products. It is based on Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) and was created by the European Commission to provide environmental inf...
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Based on life cycle analysis (LCA), ILVO measures and evaluates the integral environmental sustainability of a product or process. All links in the production chain – from the extraction of raw materi...
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...in Spain (apple orchards), to determine their efficiency. The results will also be used in a life cycle analysis and risk analysis to assess the health, environmental and socio-economic impacts of ...
News | 09/11/2021
...n to that of existing fertilizers and protein sources and all related production processes, using a life cycle analysis.
Study should bring clarity soon
ILVO puts an interdisciplinary team to...
News | 05/09/2023
...s that contribute to the agricultural product supplied (milk, meat, wheat...). These data go into a Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) and we obtain the total ecological footprint of the farm over 1 year, w...